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... W. H. Auden has put it : a poet is , before anything else , a person who is passionately in love with language . . . [ this ] is certainly the sign by which one recognizes whether a young man is potentially a poet or not . " Why do you ...
... W. H. Auden has put it : a poet is , before anything else , a person who is passionately in love with language . . . [ this ] is certainly the sign by which one recognizes whether a young man is potentially a poet or not . " Why do you ...
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... W. H. AUDEN ( 1907-1973 ) 5 10 Lullaby Lay your sleeping head , my love , Human on my faithless arm ; Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from Thoughtful children , and the grave Proves the child ephemeral : But ... W H AUDEN Lullaby.
... W. H. AUDEN ( 1907-1973 ) 5 10 Lullaby Lay your sleeping head , my love , Human on my faithless arm ; Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from Thoughtful children , and the grave Proves the child ephemeral : But ... W H AUDEN Lullaby.
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... W. H. Auden . Copyright 1940 and renewed 1968 by W. H. Auden . " The Shield of Achilles " and " The Wanderer " from W. H. Auden : Collected Poems , ed . Edward Mendelson . Copyright 1934 , 1952 by W. H. Auden . Copyright renewed 1962 by ...
... W. H. Auden . Copyright 1940 and renewed 1968 by W. H. Auden . " The Shield of Achilles " and " The Wanderer " from W. H. Auden : Collected Poems , ed . Edward Mendelson . Copyright 1934 , 1952 by W. H. Auden . Copyright renewed 1962 by ...
Common terms and phrases
accent alliteration Anthology beauty begins better bird blue body breath called close cold color comes dark dead death deep dreams earth effect emotion English example express eyes face fall feel feet fields flowers four Frost girl give green hair hand head hear heard heart holds human images John keep kind language leaves light lines live look meaning metaphor mind moon mouth move nature never night objects once pass play poem poet poetry rain rhyme rhythm Robert rose seems sense SHAKESPEARE shape sing sometimes song sound speech stand stanza sweet syllables symbol tell thee things thou thought trees turn verse vowel walk wind words writing Yeats young